The Carleton Careers Alumni Board promotes alumni engagement with Career Center initiatives that prepare Carls from diverse backgrounds and identities across generations for an extraordinary life beyond college. 

Members of the Board:

  • Support the Career Center and its mission to enable Carls to turn their ideas into action to create an extraordinary life beyond college.
  • Act as leadership volunteers to build the Carleton career network and engage alumni volunteers to:
    • work with students one-on-one,
    • connect students to alumni through career communities, and
    • help the Career Center build events with alumni across the country.
  • Collaborate and communicate with leaders of other key Carleton volunteer networks (e.g., Alumni Council, Alumni Annual Fund, Alumni Admission Representatives, Multicultural Alumni Network, Out After Carleton).

Membership and Expectations:

  • The Board will consist of individuals representing alumni from across class generations, racial/ethnic backgrounds, gender, geographic areas, professional industries, volunteer involvement with Career Center programs, or volunteer leadership with Carleton. 
  • Board members elected for three years during the spring meeting.
  • Board members will start on July 1, with orientation before the fall meeting. 
  • Meet four times yearly: in-person in the fall and in the spring, virtually in the winter and in the summer.
  • Actively engage in alumni career communities, advocate for involvement from stakeholders like businesses, and support signature programs.
  • Represent the Career Center and the Board by attending one Carleton alumni event annually. 

Board Members 2024-2025

  • Gordon Walker ’97 P’26, Chair
    Executive Chairman, Riverbend Energetics
  • Linda McAllister ’87, Chair-Elect
    Enterprise Deputy Director, Pediatric Cancer Programs, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center and Professor, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
  • Susan Hammel ’86, Past-Chair
    CEO and Founder, Cogent Consulting PBC
  • Peggy Steif Abram ’80 P’17
    Partner (retired), Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
  • Jeffrey M. Bissoy-Mattis’16
    CEO / Co-Founder, Plugged
  • Matt Borland’ 95
    Tech/ Retired
  • Cornell Hills ’74
    President (retired), TAA Services, LTD
  • Aaron Kaufman ’09
    Podcast Producer, iHeart Media/How Stuff Works
  • Todd Larson ’83
    International Civil Service 
  • Elizabeth Marquez ’01
    Analyst, United States Government
  • Lizzie Merrill ’08
    Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Consultant
  • Bru Mutebi ’02
    Director of Marketing, Indeed
  • Hilary Renner ’87
    Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications on Cuba, US Department of State